US President Donald Trump has appointed John Ratcliffe as the Director of the CIA, making Ratcliffe the first person to have held both CIA Director and Director of National Intelligence positions. Ratcliffe's tenure as DNI included oversight during the pandemic and allegations of politically motivated intelligence declassification.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe criticized the reporting of The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist mistakenly included in a White House Signal messaging group that discussed plans to bomb Houthi rebels in Yemen.